Arpit Guru

• Corporate Counsel
• arpit@qamaruddin.in

Arpit Guru is skilled in corporate and commercial advisory, mergers andacquisitions, legal due diligence,corporate governance, regulatory compliance, restructuring and formulation of exit strategies and specializes in corporate law. He has broad experience in advising clients from business start-ups to seasoned companies. He provides expert legal advice and oversight in large corporate negotiations.

Arpit Guru is a Gold Medalist from Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur and thereafter completed his LL.M. from New York University- School of Law. Arpit is certified to practice commercial mediation in the State of New York and can also practice as a Company Secretary for companies having paid-up capital of less than 10 crores in India (ILI PGD Qualification).

Previously, Arpit has served as a Legal Consultant with one of the biggest law firms of Mexico, Deforest Abogodos where he contributed to the firm’s corporate lawportfolio and independently dealt with incorporation of various foreign corporations in Mexico. Arpit also bring rich experience to our firm as he has worked with the Office of Legal Affairs, Codification Division, The United Nations, New York wherein he drafted international instruments like number of Treaties and Codifications. He has also served as Law Clerk-cum-Research Assistant to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India at the Supreme Court of India in the initial years in the profession.

Vaibhav Mishra

• Associate Counsel
• vaibhav@qamaruddin.in

Mr. Mishra completed his B.A.,LLB. (H.) from Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia. He has been associated with Q&A since March, 2021 and is handling matters including but not limited to Arbitration Law, Civil disputes, Competition Law & Constitutional law. Vaibhav has extensive experience in handling disputes of both, general commercial nature as well as public disputes. He has also been involved in advising companies on a full spectrum of competition matters including abuse of dominance, leniency and competition audit / compliance in the e-commerce sector. He has vast experience in drafting and vetting of documents pertaining to HR advisory and designing and implementing the company's HR policies keeping in mind the interplay between commercial goals and legal interests of the clients. He is also a member of Delhi High Court Bar Association.
Practice Areas: Arbitration, Civil & Contractual Disputes, Competition Law, HR Advisory.
Expertise: Civil Disputes, Domestic Arbitration, Contractual Disputes & Competition Law.

Ambar Qamaruddin

• Managing Partner
• ambar@qamaruddin.in

Mr. Qamaruddin belongs to a family of advocates, which has a vast experience of more than 50 years. He is the Managing Partner of the firm having varied experience as a corporate attorney and a litigation expert. He is an Advocate on Record of the Supreme Court holding a Master’s Degree in law from the University of Delhi. He has appeared in various landmark matters in the Supreme Court and numerous High Courts of the country. He has obtained a Diploma in Corporate Laws and Management conducted by the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi. He had been on the editorial board of the Supreme Court Reports (S.C.R), the official law reports of the Supreme Court. He has addressed various issues pertaining to company law like mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, financial reconstructions, joint ventures, winding up proceedings etc. He has vast experience in drafting and vetting of documents with extensive involvement in joint venture agreements, technology transfer agreements, hire-purchase agreements etc.

Ajay Talesara

• Senior Partner
• ajay@qamaruddin.in

Mr. Talesara completed LL.B. from Campus Law Centre, Law Faculty, University of Delhi in the year 1995. After which he was enrolled with Bar Council of Delhi. He is also an Advocate-on-Record in the Supreme Court. He is the expert in civil litigation and has extensive practical knowledge and experience of drafting civil suits/ claims, defending various civil litigation in addition to having the knack of cross-examination of witnesses. He also has the expertise of devising strategies to ensure speedy and cost effective money recoveries through all available forums and modes keeping in view the best interest of our clients. Mr. Talesara possesses the grass root level knowledge of conducting civil trials and has effectively represented our clients in various courts across country.

Varun Nischal

• Partner
• varun@qamaruddin.in

Mr. Nischal completed LL.B. (H) from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi in 2007 and has been enrolled with Bar Council of Delhi since then. He pursued Masters in Law (LLM) from University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California in 2009 wherein he specialized in international business transactions, corporate finance law and international arbitration. While at USC he was awarded the prestigious Dean’s Merit Scholarship by the University. After graduating within top 5% of the class, he started practicing in the High Court of Delhi and chiefly deals in commercial law and dispute resolution and matters related thereto. He is retainer for several private and public sector corporations including Municipal Corporation of Delhi. He is also a member of South Asian Bar Association of Southern California and Supreme Court Bar Association. His numismatic hobby led him to co-author a book titled 'Coins: A specialized study with valuation'.

Deepak Arora

• Senior Associate Counsel
• deepak@qamaruddin.in

Mr. Arora graduated in Commerce from Delhi University, then did his LL.B. from H. N. Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar (UK) in the year 1996. Thereafter in 1997 he got himself enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi. He is a member of Delhi High Court Bar Association and various others Bar Associations in Delhi. He has over 20 years of experience in all spheres of civil litigation including property, money recovery, succession petition & matrimonial cases. He also has experience in Arbitration matters, Labour, Consumer cases. He has a great interest in civil cases which include property matters, due diligence and search reports for properties.

Ajay Kumar Chopra

• Senior Associate Counsel
• chopra@qamaruddin.in

Mr. Chopra completed his graduation in law (LL.B.) from Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi in the year 1996. He enrolled with Bar Council of Delhi. He has keen interest and expertise in criminal litigation and exclusively deals in matters relating to criminal laws, including Customs, FEMA, PMLA, SEBI, economic offences investigated through ED and CBI etc. He is an accomplished legal counsel and has dealt with number of high profile cases successfully during his long professional journey. His assertive and persuasive approach in the Courts make him one of the known and good lawyers practising criminal law. Mr. Chopra is heading the criminal law practice of our Firm with a competent team to assist him.

Sarfaraz Karim

• Associate Counsel
• sarfaraz@qamaruddin.in

Mr. Karim completed his LL.B in the year 2015 and has enrolled himself in the Bar Council of Delhi in the year 2015 itself. Mr. Karim has expertise in matters that involve disputes of Commercial Law especially litigation related to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 and corporate laws. He has been defending and instituting recovery proceedings through arbitration in addition to filing such proceedings in various Courts, Tribunals and other adjudicatory bodies across the country.

Shram Vir Vats

• Associate Counsel
• shramvir@qamaruddin.in

Mr. Shram Vir Vats completed his LL.B. from University of Delhi in the year 2004 and has been practicing law since then, mainly specializing in Civil and Labour litigation. He has been an empanelled Counsel for the Employees State Insurance Corporation (E.S.I.C.) & South Municipal Corporation of Delhi (S.D.M.C.) besides being a retainer for Hinduja Leyland Finance Ltd and various other Companies. As an advocate he is having a very rich experience and expertise in all spheres of Civil litigation including petitions under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, tenders, money recovery, injunctions (stays), contracts, specific performance of contracts, carriage of goods, guarantees, termination of services, damages, all aspects of immovable property, rent/lease matters, family law, dishonouring of cheques, writs and winding up proceedings of the companies, Consumer Disputes before Consumer Dispute Redressal Forums, State Commission & National Commission.

Vijay Surana

• Senior Associate Counsel
• vijay@qamaruddin.in

Mr. Vijay Surana, leads the Bengaluru office of Q &A with an efficient team under his supervision. Heis a commerce graduate from Madras University with an MBA from Vellore Institute of Technology. He holds a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Law from Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati and has completed a PG Diploma course in Medical Law & Ethics from National Law School, Bangalore. He has practiced extensively on the original side including filing first appeals in various civil courts in addition to appearing regularly at the High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru. He has keen interest in drafting/vetting and legal strategy building for corporate and individual clients.

Mr. Surana has been an Associate Advocate at the distinguished S. Varadan & Associates, Vellore; a law firm with its legacy for over 80 years.

His area of interest is legal advisory that includes drafting/vetting of deeds and agreements. Negotiating terms and conditions of agreements to balance competing interests and the mandate of law. Compliance and regulatory matters concerning firms and corporates are handled by Mr. Surana as per the requirements of statutes or established procedures. Human Resource advisory also is an area of his interest.

Earlier experiences include serving on board as a founding trustee of an engineering college. Also founded and established a state of art CBSE School and founder of a community wellness club called Trek Talks. A speaker by passion, a fitness enthusiast, a trekker, a biophilia, pursuing rhetoric writing & speaking.

Tejasvi Kumar Srivastava

• Associate Counsel
• tejasvi@qamaruddin.in

Mr. Tejasvi Kumar Srivastava has completed schooling from St.Joseph's College, Allahabad. He is a graduate in Commerce from Allahabad University in 2009. Tejasvi Kumar Srivastava completed LL.B. from CSJM University in 2012 and has been practicing law since then. He started as an Associate Advocate with on of the Standing Counsel for the Union in the Delhi High Court. He has worked with Bhasin Group in the capacity of Senior Legal Executive, wherein he conducted litigation and managed high profile arbitration matters concerning Corporate and Civil laws.

Mohit Gupta

• Associate Counsel - Taxation
• mohit@qamaruddin.in

Mohit Gupta {B. Com (H), FCA, LL.B.} is a Tax Practitioner, Speaker, Blogger, Author and Youtuber, having expertise in dealing with Income Tax, Goods and Services Tax, Corporate Law issues. He is having experience over 12 years in the field of Taxation and Corporate Law. He is qualified chartered accountant and practiced the same since 2010 and later joined the legal profession with his immense experience in the field of direct tax and indirect tax litigation.

He is a Commerce graduate (B. Com (H)) from Delhi University. He has completed his CA in 2010. He has also completed his LL.B. from Delhi University in 2015.

His area of specialization is consultancy and litigation of Service Tax, Income Tax and GST. In GST and is also efficiently handled search cases and appeals. His area of specialization also includes giving tax advisory to the NGO sector.

He is a regular presenter on Taxation at various national and government forums and delivered more than 200 lectures. He has authored three books on GST. “GST Rates for Goods and Services”, “E-Way Bill Law, Procedure and FAQ’s” and “TDS & TCS Under GST Law”.

His looking after the taxation advisory practice of Q&A with an efficient team under him.

Bhuvnesh Singh Chauhan

• Senior Associate Counsel
• bhuvnesh@qamaruddin.in

Bhuvnesh Singh Chauhan completed his M.Sc. and LL.B. from Dr BR Ambedkar University, Agra (UP) in the year 1996 and 2000 respectively. After which he enrolled with Bar Counsel of Allahabad (UP) in the year 2001 and joined Law firm ‘Chauhan & Associates’ at Delhi. While in that firm, he engaged with its corporate clients i.e. Gas Authority of India, Paradeep Phosphate, MTNL, WIMCO Ltd., Escotel Mobile etc.

He was associated with Escorts Limited and its group companies for nearly 18 years since 2004 as a Sr. Manager (Legal) and managed commercial litigations in all fora/courts/tribunals all over India and co-ordinated and briefed external counsel/law firms. He has vast experience in arbitrations/conciliation and also in drafting/vetting of agreements, contracts, Non discloser documents (NDAs) for commercial transactions/merchant banking, Lease deeds and other deeds and documents.

He has handled all legal affairs including statutory compliances of Escorts Group companies viz Escorts Securities Limited ( a member of National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange India Ltd (BSE)), Escorts Mutual Fund, Escorts Assets Management Ltd., Escorts Investments Trust, Allgrow Finance &Investments Pvt Ltd. (a member of Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (MCX & NCDEX)), Sun &Moon Travels Pvt Ltd, Sun & Moon Shipping India Pvt. Ltd, Momento Communications Pvt Ltd, AAA portfolios Pvt. Ltd etc and regularly appeared in the courts and tribunals, Consumer Forum, Investor Grievance Cell as well as Arbitration Tribunals of above noted stock exchanges i.e. NSE, BSE, MCX and NCDEX etc. on behalf of these companies as an authorised representative. He was drafting and filling of all pleadings, affidavits, settlements etc. He has also handled Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of Escorts Limited as well as its group companies in India and abroad (around 45 countries).

Mansi Chhabra

• Associate Counsel
• mansi@qamaruddin.in

Ms Mansi Chhabra has completed her schooling from Laxman Public School, Hauz Khas, New Delhi. She has obtained her LL.B. degree from New Law College, Pune affiliated to Bharati Vidyapeeth (A Deemed University) and joined Qamaruddin & Associates. She handles corporate and civil litigation of the firm. She is proficient in legal research, agreement drafting, intellectual property protection laws/regulations, corporate compliances especially with regard to start-ups. She has in depth knowledge about the prevention of sexual harassment at workplace laws and its statutory compliances.

Bigneswar Prasad Sarangi

• Associate Counsel
• bigneswar@qamaruddin.in

Mr. Sarangi is exclusively looking after the direct and indirect tax advisory services in the Firm. His areas of work and experience involve taxation and related litigation.

Ekansh Bansal

• Associate Counsel
• ekansh@qamaruddin.in

Mr. Ekansh Bansal joined Qamaruddin and Associates in the year 2019. He completed B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) from Aligarh Muslim University in the year 2014 and has been in active litigation practise since then. He has keen interest in intellectual property laws, therefore pursued his LL.M. from National Law University, Jodhpur with specialization in Intellectual Property Laws in the year 2015. His areas of interest include Intellectual Property Laws, Insurance Regulatory Laws, Motor Accident Claims, Consumer protections matters and general civil litigation. He has been regularly appearing before Supreme Court of India, High Court of Delhi and the Trade Marks Registry after joining the profession. Mr. Bansal is looking after civil disputes and intellectual property matter in Qamaruddin & Associates.

Simmi Kaur Bagga

• Associate Counsel
• simmi@qamaruddin.in

Ms. Simmi Kaur Bagga completed her graduation from Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh  University, Faizabad  (UP) in the year 2008. Thereafter, she did her Masters in Economics  (Gold Medalist) from the same University in 2010. In 2012 she cleared IBPS Exam. Ms. Simmi completed her LL.B. from Lucknow  University in the year 2016. She was awarded with Radha  Krishna Sahay Memorial Gold Medal in Jurisprudence. Post that she did her Masters in Laws (LL.M.) with specialization in Corporate Laws, from G.D. Goenka University in 2017. Her areas of Interest include corporate laws and governance, corporate litigation, compliance and regulatory matters concerning Corporates.

Rakshit Shrivastava

• Associate Counsel
• rakshit@qamaruddin.in

Mr. Rakshit Shrivastava completed his B.A.LL..B. (Honours) in 2021 from Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida. During his law school, he has interned with various advocates, law firms and companies including Advani & Co., Ericsson, Adv. Mr. Wajahat Ansari. He has been honoured with different awards including Runner Up position in National Quiz Competition, organized by Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and is an awardee of Best Memorial in the Philomath National Virtual Moot Court, 2020. He has several international publications in his name including Article titled “CSR: A Study of Reliance Industries Ltd” published in International Journal of Law Management & Humanities. His areas of Interest include corporate laws and governance, compliance and regulatory matters concerning Corporates.

Harshita Gautam

• Associate Counsel
• harshita@qamaruddin.in

Ms. Harshita Gautam completed her B.A.LL..B. (Honours) from Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida. During her law school days, she interned with various advocates and law firms including Khaitan and Khaitan. She has also been an active member of various NGOs and student welfare programs, and is currently associated with a student welfare program named AIS (Association of Indian Students). In this programme, she deals with the different issues that the youth are facing, while also helping underprivileged students by teaching them and providing books and stationery. She also participated in various moot court programmes during her law school days. She has developed her drafting and vetting skills in a short time period. Her areas of Interest include corporate laws and criminal litigation.